The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-17
Local and Personal.

&. Z. Henderson. general manager Of the ].
B. & W., at Hot Springs for the benefit of
his health. is reported to be improving.
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 13. COL cars. against TO- 285 corresponding
week 1886. Increase this year, 1916 cars.
Parties about to lease the Wyandotte cave
in Crawford county, Indiana. for fifty years,
and then build railroad to the mouth Of the
With the taking effect OF the new time-card.
Sunday next. on the g.. l., St L. 81 c., train
will BIO put on to leave Indianapolis for Cincin-
natl at $50 A. NJ.
The L. N. A. & G. and the c., Fl. s. D. will
appoint joint car inspector at this point a
step put stop to the constant jarring be-
tween the inspectors
Last week the platform men at the Decline
city freight depots handled 735 of mixed
merchandise freiehts, or average of 122 car
loads per day. 1t was the banner week in this
respect
c. A. Allen has severed his connection with
the Bee-liue as master of transportation, and
for the time being John Evan is performing
the duties OF both superintendent and train
master.
The two new engines ordered for the c.. H. &c
/. road to be built at the Schenectady loco
otive-works; are to weigh forty seven and one
half tons empty, and to be furnished with all
modern improvements. The builder is not linn
tied in price.
Last week Belt road engines handled 1,2l6
carloads of live stock, against S66 carloads the
corresponding week in 1885, Increase this year,
$50 cars. The outlook for a heavy business at
the yards for some weeks to come could not we'll
be more promising
Presidents Ingalls,, of the C., l., st. L. & c.,
and Dir. Green. his assistant, will this week ac-
company the psy-car it's monthly rounds,
moving slowly and carefully inspecting the
property. with n view of ascertaining what fur
Their Improvements are needed to the road bed
Both passenger and freight traffic over the
Louisville. Evansville 81 st. Louis road is
heavier than at any time in the history OF the
road. and as the line is now maintaining rates
ga nrOa her tn foot fav0 hIu
The company will soon be In the market for
more cars and engines.
The Whitewater Valley road has been con-
sidsrably improved this season physically, and
has increased considerably. The track is now
In such shape that the trains are run over it at
D speed of twenty five miles per hour, which is
high speed for this road.
The management of the c., l., ST. L. g. G. and
the Bee-line are much pleased over the results
thus far from their traffic agreement on the
St. Louis and Cincinn att business. Figures
show that both roads are protitine thereby, and
that it is more valuable connection to the Big
Four than was the Vandalia.
The Mackey roads are all showing increased
earnings. The Evansville 81 Terre Haute. the
first week In October, cd ST., $685. An increase
over earnings of the corresponding week OF 1886
of $4,302. The Peoria. Decatur g. Springfield,
Evansville, Sl6,556; increase this year, $l,673
The Evansville So Indianapolis, 81. 445; increase
this year. 1850.
The Bee-line last week brought into this sta
ton 800 loaded cars and forwarded east from
here l.4l1 loaded cars. making a total Of 2, III
loaded cars handled at this point, or a total of
g. 1873 cars If Alb empties included. This is
the largest number OF loaded cars handled by
the road at Indianapolis in any week for several
years.
The Stimson axle-box is catching on wonder
fully with the railway master mechanics The
c., l.. St l.. G. c.. the Bee-line. and several
other Indiana roads testing them with q view
of adopting the box il il does all that is claimed
for it. One Eastern road has ordered 1000 of
their equipped with it, and the A, T. d
;. +. has adopted it
Could Colonel Hill. superintendent of the
Vandalia. change the time of their afternoon
train north over the T. H. & l.. division,
to allow passengers who north over the c.. l.,
st. L. & c., its Indianados connection, to
remain In indianapolis later in the afternoon
the change would be appreciated. As it now is
passengers for that road and for Lafayette are
obliged to leave Indianapolis at 5 p. NJ, when
honr or an hour and one half later would bring
passengers homo at good hours.
As an impression is out that the @, II. & d.
Railroad Company is really in control of the
Nandaila, as result of the recent Ives -Staynor
deal. ~ Is proper TO state that, when the c.. H.
aud ID. pays 81, SOC. 900 to the party owning the
Terre Haute & Indianapolis road. and through
IL the lease OF the Vapdaiis. then the c. H. g.
ID. can again assume control of the Vandala
line and not till then. 1t IL hardly likely that
the ~. H. 90 ~ wlil Tor many year be in shape
70 paw this sum for the control Of the Vandalia.
There 10 considerable complaint among en-
ployes OF the Wabash in reference to the order
requiring all who hold situations that have any
connection with the running Of trains to carry a
watch OF the standard given by the company.
They were ordered TO take the watches with a
certificate OF the jeweler appointed by the COM
pany and In most cases the jeweler condemned
the old watches, compelling the employees TO
buy new ones Of him. In many cases expensive,